Bourbon Street

Friday night, Hallie, Jessica, Lacy, Brett, Ursula, Josette and I decided to go down to Bourbon Street to see what it was all about. We all met in Hallie, Jessica and my hotel room prior to heading down. After we finished getting ready for the night we headed for the streetcar at about 8:30 pm. When first walking onto the street itself there was so many people, some drunk some not. The first thing I noticed about Bourbon Street was the smell. It’s a very specific smell of vomit and urine. The second thing that caught my eye was the policeman on horse standing in the street. We ended up talking to a couple Louisiana State troopers about Bourbon Street and about where we were from. It was funny because we mentioned that we wanted to drive to the lower 9^th Ward the following day to check it out and they asked why. When we mentioned that we realized it was not a great place and we might get mugged the one trooper said “Yeah that’s on a good day, more like you’ll get shot up.” So thanks to the lovely Louisiana State Troopers we decided against visiting the 9^th Ward. They recommended a couple places we should check out while we were in New Orleans and places to avoid. All in all Bourbon Street was pretty much like I expected it to be from what I have heard and I am glad I was able to see it while I was in New Orleans.